Ulceration of Left Vocal Cord

Left vocal cord paralysis and dysphagia in mitral valve disease.

Two cases of severe mitral stenosis with both hoarseness, caused by left vocal cord palsy, and dysphagia are described. This combination in the same patient has not, to our knowledge, been previously described. Previous studies have firmly established that vocal cord paralysis in mitral stenosis is a result of compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve as it passes around the aortic arch...

Tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy can cause left vocal cord paralysis.

Aortic aneurysm presenting with left vocal cord paralysis.

A 60-year-old man with diabetes presented to hospital with gradual onset hoarseness of 7 months duration. He was a smoker for the last 30 years and did not have any other symptoms such as cough, dyspnea or weight loss. Physical examination showed a normal pulse and blood pressure. Indirect laryngoscopy revealed a paralyzed left vocal cord in paramedian position (Picture 1). A chest X-ray showed...

Vocal Cord Palsy after Left Pulmonary Artery Stent Insertion

https://doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2018.54.1.72 C Chonnam Medical Journal, 2018 Chonnam Med J 2018;54:72-73 Corresponding Author: Gi Beom Kim Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul National University School of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea Tel: +82-2-2072-0266, Fax: +82-2-743-3455, E-mail: [email protected] Article History: Received Oct...

Vocal Cord Actinomycosis: A Case Report

Introduction: Actinomycosis is a systemic chronic bacterial infection caused by Actinomyces Israelii, an anaerobic organism normally resident in the human mouth. However, the actinomycosis of the larynx is very rare, and only about 15 cases have been reported in the literature so far. Most of the cases reported occurred in patients who had previously undergone radiotherapy for laryngeal cancer...